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Inplano, Marlin, thanks for the birthday wishes. As for being a "young un," I consider myself old enough (57 today) to know better, but still young enough to go and do it anyway and probably get away with it, just not as often as when I was 21.

OK, Marlin, I guess you're not an old goat. A reactionary, yes, but not an old goat.

My Dad once called himself a "Yankee Ole Timer", even when he was in his thirties. His hair was white as snow by the time he was 30!!!! I have always maintained, as did he, that one is only as old as he allows himself to be.

SoMo would be the first to tell you I am as young as she!!!!

Seven decades just applies to the bod, not the mind. Incidentally, I don't take issue with "reactionary", as I am then in good company, Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Franklin, Sam Adams and just about all the Foundings.

I don't take issue with "reactionary", as I am then in good company, Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Franklin, Sam Adams and just about all the Foundings.

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Yeah, me too, Marlin, at least when it comes to politics, just not when it comes to Glocks v. 1911s. I might point out, however, that in their time the fine gentlemen you named were most assuredly not reactionary. Had they been, we would have a king now instead of a president. They were the progressives, the radicals, of their time, a product of the 18th century Enlightenment.

You know, all kidding aside, I must admit to some reactionary tendencies myself when it comes to guns. For example, when it comes to rifle stocks and revolver grips, I still much prefer the feel of fine wood (preferably walnut) over plastic any day of the week. I am still overly fond of the deep bluing of the older guns, the kind the EPA won't allow anymore, in place of the soulessness of the stainless steel that is so common today.